Cherry dining table.

This project cost a total of $260.00 in materials. 6’ long, 40” wide at the middle and 33” wide on the ends. Side aprons were made by laminating 3 pieces of 1/4” cherry bent around a form. I learned a big lesson with this project. For $25.00, I had the table top sanded in a 50” wide belt sander at a sawmill. They used 80 grit, so I still had to finish sand. Sanded to 320g, then about five coats of Tried and True Varnish Oil.

The finish is about five coats of Tried and True Varnish oil. Bowing the rails took awhile to figure out. I knew what width the middle and ends were to be, and then just had to figure out how much bow to make to get to that figure. The legs are held to the apron with Beadlok dowels.